Large Antique German Oil Canvas Hermann Frobenius Pre-Raphaelite Painting 1900 Recently Added The rail having a baluster

The rail having a baluster shaped newel post with an acorn finial to the top

There are four dials on the top of the lid and they are repeated on each of the four sides

gently sounding the hours and half hour on a bell

circa 1760

Large Antique German Oil Canvas Hermann Frobenius Pre-Raphaelite Painting 1900 Recently Added The rail having a balusterA Large and impressive antique oil on canvas Pre Raphaelite painting by the German artist, Hermann Frobenius (1871 1954), signed and dated 1900. Frobenius had classical training and studied both in Rome and Florence, he later was in the circle of Arnold Bocklin and Hans von Marees, he settle in Munich but also in Dresden briefly and latterly in Berlin. He, like many other European painters was fascinated with North Africa and painted many oriental